Writing Resources
Page created by Gary Enns, Cerro Coso Community College.
Last updated on
07/31/2007 10:49 AM
Academic Writing
- Materials for Students: Writing the Academic Paper: What is an academic paper?
- UEfAP: Academic Writing
- Using English for Academic Purposes: Advice and Information for Students in Higher Education
Thesis
- OWL at Purdue University: Writing a Thesis Statement
- This is a page about...
- Thesis Statements
- Thesis Statements
- LEO Thesis Statement
- Thesis Statements
- uw-madison writing center writer's handbook
Writing about Literature
- OWL at Purdue University: Writing about Literature
- This page contains some helpful tips for writing about literature and what makes for a good literature paper.
- Literature
- LitWeb - Writing about Literature
- Plot Summary vs. Interpretive Writing
- CRITICAL READING: A GUIDE
Handbooks
- uw-madison writing center writer's handbook
- Paradigm
- Paradigm Online Writing Assistant. Writing ideas and activities. This online guide offers help in inventing, organizing, revising, and editing essays--of special interest to nonfiction writing students and instructors
- The UVic Writer's Guide: Start Here
- Guide to Grammar and Writing
- The Guide to Grammar and Writing contains scores of digital handouts on grammar and English usage, over 170 computer-graded quizzes, recommendations on writing -- from basic problems in subject-verb agreement and the use of articles to exercises in parallel structures and help with argumentative essays, and a way to submit questions about grammar and writing. Javascript and cgi-based quizzes (form enabling required). Acrobat Reader, sound card, and PowerPoint recommended but not required.
- Advice on Academic Writing
- Bedford/St. Martin's--Exercise Central
- Strunk, William, Jr. 1918. The Elements of Style
- Strunk, William, Jr. 1918. The Elements of Style
- UEfAP: Academic Writing
- Using English for Academic Purposes: Advice and Information for Students in Higher Education
- Welcome to the OWL at Purdue - The OWL at Purdue
Quoting Sources
- Paragraph Development & Using Quotations
- uw-madison writing center writer's handbook
- uw-madison writing center writer's handbook
- Sources: Table of Contents
- Dartmouth College's Sources Web site with information on citing sources, example citations, and useful resources.
- Quoting Sources
Paragraphing
- Developing Coherent Paragraphs
- OWL at Purdue University: The Paragraph: Length Consistency
- This page contains techniques for proper paragraphing. It includes a visual aid for balancing paragraphs in a paper.
- OWL at Purdue University: The Paragraph
- This page defines the paragraph based on unity, coherence, logical bridges, and more. It gives a good idea of what a good paragraph should contain.
- Writing Tips: Paragraph Builder - WritingDEN
- The Writing Center || WC Paragraphing
- Writing Resources | UGA Writing Center
- The Art of the Expository Paragraph
- Paragraphs
- Sound Paragraphing
Grammar and Style
- 11 Rules of Writing -- a concise guide to important grammar, punctuation, and writing style rules
- The 11 Rules of Writing site is a concise guide to some of the most frequently violated rules of writing, punctuation, and grammar. It is intended for all writers as an aid in the learning and refining of writing skills.
- Punctuation Made Simple: Overview
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- Wordiness: Danger Signals and Ways to React
- Welcome to the OWL at Purdue - The OWL at Purdue
Research and Reference
- Cerro Coso College || Learning Resource Center
- Cerro Coso Community College, located in the Eastern Sierra region of Southern California offers traditional and online courses and 2 year degrees.
- Bartleby.com: Great Books Online -- Encyclopedia, Dictionary, Thesaurus and hundreds more
- Bartleby.com publishes thousands of free online classics of reference, literature and nonfiction
- Research and Documentation Online
- The Bedford Researcher, Second Edition
- Internet Resources: Sources of Information
- This page,in our Internet resources section, contains links to online libraries, books, dictonaries, and other writer references.
- LitLinks
Researching Literature
- Student Resources
- Companion Website
- LitLinks
- Literary Resources on the Net (Lynch)
- Index of literary resources available on the Web, focusing on those of interest to scholars. Searchable and organized by period and topic.
- Literary Resources on the Net (Lynch)
- Index of literary resources available on the Web, focusing on those of interest to scholars. Searchable and organized by period and topic.
- Strangers to Us All: Lawyers and Poetry
- lawyers and poetry
- Home - Romantic Circles
- Victoria Research Web
- The Victorian Women Writers Project
General Subject Directories
- VoS: Voice of the Shuttle
- Librarians' Internet Index
- Welcome to INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections
- INFOMINE is a comprehensive virtual library and reference tool for academic and scholarly Internet resources, including Web sites,
databases, electronic journals, bulletin boards, listservs, online library card catalogs, articles, directories of researchers, and other types of
information.
- Academic Info - Educational Subject Directory
- Academic Info is an online subject directory of over 25,000 hand picked educational resources
for high school and college students as well as a directory of online degree programs and admissions test preparation
resources (SAT, GER, LSAT, MCAT, GMAT, USMLE, TOEFL). We also offer timely news and
analysis of critical events including the Iraq War, Afghanistan, Hurricane Katrina, and the War on Terrorism.
Critical Reading
- Critical Reading Towards Critical Writing
- The Writing Center || WC Critical Reading
- Critical Reading
Types of Writing Assigments
- uw-madison writing center writer's handbook
Argumentation
- UNC Writing Center Handout
- Establishing Arguments - The OWL at Purdue